Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router - Manual (Page 949)

Adding a PPP Entity
Page 30-11
Note
You can add the link needed for a PPP Entity later if
you decide not to do so now. The automatic execution
of the
linkadd command is done here only as a conve-
nience to you.
The fields on the pppadd configuration screen have the following meanings:
Description
A textual description for this PPP Entity. You can enter any text you like (up to 30 characters).
Administrative Status
Indicates the Administrative Status of this PPP Entity. Enabled will allow the PPP Entity to
operate. Disabled will disable the PPP Entity without deleting it.
PPP Mode
Can be set to either Multilink or Normal (single PPP connection).
Compression Type
Controls whether this PPP Entity will perform compression. The one type of compression
currently available is STAC-LZS. See Data Compression on page 30-2 for details on STAC-LZS
compression.
Bridging Group
Indicates the VLAN Group to be used for PPP Bridging. A value of zero (0) indicates that this
PPP Entity will not perform a bridging service and will discard all bridged format packets
received or transmitted. The suboptions under this heading are:
Bridge Config Admin Status
Used to enable or disable the bridging function for this PPP Entity.
PPP Bridging Mode
Used to select the operational mode for bridging. The options are Ethernet , which will
enable bridging on Ethernet interfaces only, or All , which enables it for all interfaces.
Routing Group
Indicates the VLAN Group to be used for PPP Routing of the IP and IPX protocols. A value of
zero (0) indicates that this PPP Entity will not perform a routing service and will discard all
routed format packets received or transmitted.